Mixing Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" on an Analog SSL Console - GoPro POV

This is not an official mix, this is just for fun.
Song: Don't Stop Me Now
Artist: Queen
International Mix Engineer, Daniel Duskin, has over two decades of experience working with world-renowned artists and mixing thousands of songs worldwide.
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[@jasonshaw8616]

This was a brilliant watch. Amazing job. Yeah we can do it all in the box now with infinitely less cost and while we can argue for days about whether or not that can sound better,, worse or equal one thing is more sure - it's nowhere near as fun as this. Surely that's the point right - every stage of creating art should be a joy

[@theshyguy1580]

My FAVE Queen song. always gets me pumped. Mixing this on a remust have been a blast!

[@ForminaSage402]

So well said.

[@minoartelli6467]

You don't have this result in the box

[@minoartelli6467]

Jason shaw, U don t have rhis rich and euphonic result itb,..wash your hears:)

[@Cagj101]

yes, yes, a thousand times yes. Joy is so underrated. We as humans work tirelessly to create convenience, while simultaneously robbing ourselves of joy.

[@matthewdupont8503]

This demonstrates the importance of good source material.

[@cueboyd8666]

Interesting to hear a modern mix of this track, it literally sounds like it was recorded last week. More wider & bottom end.

[@jimjamkillsnerds]

Cueboyd Fat bottomed mixes make the rockin world go round

[@F0nkyNinja]

@@jimjamkillsnerds fat bottomed mixes are cliche

[@muziqfreek]

@@F0nkyNinja anyone with "ninja" in their username are cliché and overrated

[@SatEight]

@@muziqfreek anyone who calls something overrated is edgelord

[@muziqfreek]

@@SatEight dafuq you talking about bellend?

[@alfonso5026]

I'm proud of saying I can finally understand what he is doing

[@leandroisaac2000]

I don't :(

[@Vaenus.]

@@leandroisaac2000 mostly leveling, EQing, Wideing Channel's like the Solo Guitar or Background vocals to take more space in the mix and soloing stuff from the mix to see what needs reverb or eqing, running it into some racks to give it more compression, Overdrive, Stereo Enhancer Etc.

[@thedave7760]

I learnt instantly things that I have been wondering about audio mixers for ages, what is the use of soloing everything and send channels why what? Obvious I know but I have never seen a studio mix happen. I occasionally do live mixes but I am an embryo in comparison. Just watching it made total sense. Thank you.

[@holybiscuits7714]

Nadeshiko is best girl

[@Kraaayn]

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[@patrickjostmusiker]

Here I am again. Watching this for the 100th time and just applauding with tears in my eyes at the pultec moment.

[@lyssop1451]

every step he makes im like this cant sound better and everytime he prove me wrong. MINDBLOWING

[@hobbitkiller45]

I’m not sure why but when the guitar solo came in, a lump appeared in my throat. Your passion and love for what you do is extremely inspiring man, thank you for sharing this. I had fallen out of love with the idea of this being my career, but this gave me the fire to jump right back in, thank you sir

[@DanDuskin]

Wow, thank you!

[@redmcbeard4230]

In 10 years of KZbin surfing and 16 years of FOH for all kinds of venues I have found a perfect video. Love every second.

[@edzelbalaba7072]

Amazing how humanity has invested time, money, brains and effort just to create something that manipulates vibrations so it sounds "pleasant" to the ears.

[@analoguecity3454]

Best comment 👌

[@fyaymtb420]

i thought this same exact thing on an acid trip a while back, humanity is such an amazing thing

[@nicholasjohnson748]

The wiring in that mixer is more complicated than rocket science.

[@GrantStinnett]

Wow dude... you are fast as hell. This is an amazing example of why to get an analog console rather than working all in the box.

[@charliebewsey6872]

This is amazing.... no talking, just mixing - and the end result is mind-blowingly better than the original mix. Really shows how far music technology has come

[@warclownband]

this guy needs to do all of the remasters and re-releases. absolutely brilliant sound.

[@bartoszstaszkiewicz4663]

Amazing work. Although the original mix is very good, brilliant, considering it's age, when I switched to it, almost felt off my chair. Would like to have your mix in wave file!

[@BountyHunterBootcamp]

Freddie’s voice is so strong and cuts right through everyday. Was an amazing talent

[@tehcmn]

This is ASMR for sound engineers. (or should that be ADSR :thinking:)

[@johnbovinette5867]

If Freddie had all this technology now, imagine what Queen would have sounded like! This mix brings the song to a new plato.

[@austinnicolsonmusic711]

John Bovinette freddie didn’t need new technology it should have stayed that way

[@MrMahn21]

It's funny you say that, literally 90% of what's used here comes from the 60s 70s and 80s. The console itself uses a channel strip design that's almost 20 years old.

[@martinjohnsson5494]

I've never heard that silent "whii" at around <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="417">06:57</a>. It's audible in the actual mix too! I will never unhear this!

[@raphabmroque]

Every year I come back to this video to motivate myself. It's a pleasure to hear all the analog gear doing its awesome work for music. thanks so much for this viceo

[@douglassloan6831]

The guitar solo was always fantastic. But you can literally hear the pick attacking the strings now clearer than ever. Just one of the amazing things about this mix. I bend the knee sir.

[@redshiftworks]

honestly it's already sounded good on 2 minutes mark, but then you disengaged the fatso, then the neve comp, .....and the pultec. i nearly cried :)) quality content mate, please keep making more!

[@ragantengblas]

Wah ada om Redshift.. Halo oom.. 😁

[@danender5555]

one song: one hour of recording 10 minutes of mixing, so 1,5 hour of completion of song. 13 songs on Jazz album. The whole album completed in 20 hours. Great job.

[@agaderko]

Nothing can beat mixing on an analogue desk and using eq on it! Such a big difference from doing it in DAW! Pleasure to watch! 😍❤️

[@mixplacetube]

I'm always coming back everytime I see your videos on my timeline...this is one of the best channel/idea on the tube...please give us more! cheerz

[@rollingdice8996]

ohhh its sounds so warm and soft, i like it very much

[@Richard_P_James]

It's always the same with classic tracks - the faders all seem to end up around unity. The engineers really knew what they were doing!!! I bet they were all EQd well before they hit the tape.

[@j.lindback]

That's how things were back then. They could afford to be in the studio long enough to finish the mix before it hit the tape. Today things must go faster, no money for renting expensive studios, so most mix work is done afterwards in cheaper mix studios. Today's engineers could probably do the same if they had to (i.e. do the mix right at the recording session), I don't think today's engineers are necessarily worse.

[@sirkayda7205]

On most classic songs' multitracks, I've found that to be the case. It's almost a case of EQ and sometimes reverb being printed to tape and any EQ or compression added after the fact ruins that careful balance.

[@mjklein]

I printed FX, EQ and compassion, etc. on every session, with the goal of making everything as close to the final mix in mind, as possible. But, you have to know what you want in the end, before you begin.

[@Richard_P_James]

@@mjklein you worked on this session? I suppose with tape, you don't exactly get back what you put in, so you need to understand how to use those limitations advantageously. What type of tape was typical for that era?

[@mjklein]

@@Richard_P_James oh no, I didn't mean to give you that impression, my apologies. I was active in the Boston area in the 80s and 90s. In those days engineers were expected to be able to know the intimate functions of four or five different types of recording consoles and recording machines, not to mention tons of discrete hardware outboard gear. A good tape machine is actually quite transparent, with the exception of hiss which we dealt with by running at +4 or +6. When I'm recording these days in the digital domain, I often chuckle because I'm recording at -12, which would've given me a lot of problems on analog tape with an analog mixing desk. The one advantage of analog tape is the compression effect when you hit it very hard. It distorts, but it's a very beautiful musical type of distortion, that you commonly hear on snare drum tracks. Probably the most common tape of that era was Ampex 356. Agfa also made several fantastic tape formulas, but often they shed the oxide too readily. In the new Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody, the scene where they are in the studio cutting Brian May's guitar solo, features a 3M M79, 24 track recorder with Ampex 356 on it. Probably half of those sessions I did in those days were done on an M79. It's a great sounding machine, and very fast on punching in and out, but the transport is known for having problems. More than once it spilled tape all over the control room, requiring us to spend about an hour respooling it by hand!

[@billyyeh9932]

Eyes opening moment when you bring the Fatso and 33609 in. Very beautiful sound, amazing job

[@MyToasterIsMoist]

Awesome stuff! The POV perspective gives some great insight on what it feels like to work with a great board and some sexy ass outboard gear. 💪

[@stratojaguar]

Excellent! Great mix! Loved how much you highlighted the solo, that sound deserved to be highlighted in the original mix.

[@fuzzylightning]

This mix was a performance in itself! Bravo!

[@seanwalters6717]

I love listen to mulity track recordings, hearing all the little bits which would be normally cut out like the 1, 2, 3 from freddie before the solo and the odd ad-libbed bit, this is why recording is awesome

[@cele5tial-3lixir75]

Best thing I've watched on KZbin till date. Your workflow is incredible. Not to mention the sight of all that incredible vintage gear!!

[@DanDuskin]

Thank you so much 😀

[@catcrafters7972]

This is just amazing, please do more queen

[@GameTL]

tbh its sounds a lot cleaner than the 2011 remastered, the instrument just sounds more real

[@inakihernandez2554]

And this is just the mix, it’s missing the mastering!

[@malachilui6146]

Iñaki Hernandez it barely even needs mastering in this case.

[@sjsh5837]

That's because the new "remastering" crushed the dynamics with compression.

[@MertensHelbelga]

@@sjsh5837 if you are mastering for streaming platforms these days you would like to preserve some dynamics or the algorithm will lower the overall volume of the master. Since conversion to loosy formats tend to add distortion artifacts to tracks (I guess that's the reason).

[@sjsh5837]

@@MertensHelbelga I really hope they push that more aggressively, had some amazing albums come out recently that are completely brickwalled.

[@Donato2082]

with a voice like that, everything sounds killer! :) Nice job man!

[@migzhaleco]

This guys knows his setup by heart like he can do all these things with his eyes closed. Danggg

[@PASHKULI]

Back in those days recordings were half the mixing job done, if not even more than the half. So, give a big applause to the recording engineers.

[@k1001001]

Your drum mix really adds a lot of life to the song that is missing from the original!

[@KingBlonde]

damn this mix is done well!! I love the space, vibe and overall natural and crunchy sound of the original, but this breathes new life into the song, bringing it to the modern age with those tamed but airy drums and hard limited vocals (brings out some interesting character in the vocal performance as well). fantastic work!

[@seenbelow]

That Pultec moment still gets me so much :)

[@toro514]

This is it! This is what we all want to see! The work being done to the point. Great job. Sub'd!!!

[@fuzzfizz]

Wow man. I don't judge the quality of the mix, I just enjoy watching you do it on a console. I mean, I'm watching this with my phone and I can feel the excitement!!

[@dostacos1]

How is this the first time I've seen your channel. Totally awesome. That was more than a video, it was an experience.

[@PuntoLatino]

This is how heaven might look like ❤.

[@mihaiturcan3702]

OMG You've just made my day!! Such a beautiful song) Listening to it and singing along while watching how you mix it was awesome!!

[@Cugelclever]

I have watched this vid and the Def Leppard and Doobie Bros. ones several times. I have loved the art (and science) of recording and mixing since my first band recorded our demo at age 14. Keep up the amazing work.

[@jmizzbeatsj-jigga7888]

This is hella dope you got strait to it very awesome my first time seeing someone today actually mix on console plus i can tell you did this for yeas of experience the way you move and know were to turn and press very learning experience. nothing beats the hardware and analog maaan this is crazy love it. I sub Keep doing this format bro

[@DhanjitMr]

His hand is Miracle. The Magical frequencies.

[@seanbierman1212]

Thanks for making this man~ super cool!

[@katifarid]

Wow no comment 😇👑👑👑💓💓🎼 le son légendaire 😇👑 SSL 🔥🔥🔥

[@MrNote2note]

Great video! Have never seen a live mixing session with outboard gear, so this is excellent footage of a great song.

[@groovyanchovy9544]

nice ! the instruments sounds very natural !

[@voyz.mp3]

omg this outboard is so amazing

[@benjaminmellingen5340]

when you flipped those compressors, that was a good moment. I really love compressors, they are magic

[@arranmacgabhann6103]

Such an absolute pleasure to watch!

[@paullawson8610]

The eventide harmonizer on the guitar nice touch and the pultec thanks

[@YungLev]

so many 1176's OMG

[@tyl0ff757]

Yung Lev ты чего тут забыл?)

[@tevo4555]

it looks like an awesome job when u hav all that dynamic mixing stuff

[@yoadrianjams]

This is the coolest thing I've ever seen!

[@jives.]

Are there any other videos like this? Holy cow its amazing.

[@llla_german_ewoklll6413]

This sounds 110% more crisp. Sounds like they are recording right in front of me.

[@DominicGo]

This was so fun to watch, love it

[@izziOnBass]

Great video! Great song and nice console. Hope you can do a video on the console and gear you use. You have some great outboard gear in your studio! Cheers!

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

Extremely well done - might even be better than the original mix!! Amazing.

[@edgarcouto]

Amazing work! Thanks for this video =)

[@ThatDarnGenius]

I'm so happy I stumbled into this channel, Please more videos for 2019++++

[@bravinneff1]

Good god that was awesome. You got the best job on planet earth.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

Those stems got life! They just budded ;)

[@EH4-EH4]

This is just amazing to watch and listen WOW !! i am dizzy now like i drank too much champagne 😎🥂💘

[@skyhigh776]

A perfect example, in this digital, I know it all age, of it's not what you do but how you do it!

[@kachisenpai2625]

Esta versión es mucho mejor y más fiel a la producción original que la versión "Revisited"

[@eudorgarcia7355]

Right on the sweet spot. This was awesome.

[@-AC-]

I'd love to see you do more of these videos, it's been waaaay too long since your last one.

[@ThinkingBetter]

I love to watch this video. Too much modern music lacks this more human analog mastering feel.

[@eebonia12]

lovely! i can hear all the instruments now.

[@ramchandran9105]

Awesome fun to watch

[@m.a.kizilyer]

listening this.. is a very special pleasure. thank you for sharing

[@DanDuskin]

You’re welcome, Muhammad.

[@gorlock691]

Man. It sounds that good on KZbin I would love to hear it plugged into the gear direct. :)

[@swettyspaghtti]

Please make more mixing vids. So cool

[@fatinafiqah.y938]

I dont know wtf he was doing but i still watch it until the end and pretending to be a dj right after (by using a table). So sick and satisfying. Keep it up man.

[@BrunoRakonic]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="176">2:56</a> Pultec ❤

[@DanielSqrd2]

this is the best video ive watched this year

[@DanDuskin]

Thank you so much for the kind words, Daniel. :)

[@taotuhao5969]

Daniel I would really love to hear your remixes to my whole catalog of classic rock and metal favorites. It sounded amazing!

[@modelcitizen1977]

That NEVE 33906 is incredible.

[@TheLegend-si6vc]

Please do more😂 keep up the good work

[@numal3on]

That's the right sound of the snare!

[@carranen]

I never thought there would be claps... Good job, sounds great!

[@Fuego.017]

mom: So this is the little music thingy you've been doing lately, how cute

[@philthy.basement]

Awesome learning tool if you pay attention. Thank you for sharing with us 😎

[@CaterpillarsTV]

Please lottery gods let me win so I can have fantastic gear like this. Awesome mix!

[@DominicGo]

What an absolute aesthetic

[@MaTuTaM1]

More, please !

[@L00PdeL00P]

The wonders mixing can do

[@niveous5392]

That's just how important mixing is, but at the same time, it also shows just how amazing this song is even without modern mixing techniques and modern software

[@RogerioValgode]

I loved to watch this! So good! Fantastic job, impossible not to be amazed :)

[@DanDuskin]

Thank you for the kind words, Rogerio.

[@tedroberts4540]

Man, this is excellent, you are a Pro. :)

[@87_North]

Goddamnit when he flipped those Puigtec EQs on... DAMN.

[@TheSoundConnoisseur]

This was the most satisfying thing to watch

[@DanDuskin]

Thanks Elder.

[@Howl14]

I haven't heard the original song mix in a very long time but this sounds really really good

[@robindgordon]

that sounded incredible!!

[@KelsterVonShredster]

This is so dope. Love it!

[@MrMemyselfandi415]

I LOVE THIS! Somehow I have a massive download of ALL of the individual tracks/stems for a BUNCH of Queen sessions that I got from somewhere back in the day. It has Bohemian Rhapsody etc as well. I messed around with that mix a little bit back then, but I didn't finish it, mostly because the main lead vocal take was radically different than the final master we all know and love, and that made me nuts. That meant I would have had to go through and make my own comp because it just didn't feel right. But it was a huge dilemma because IT ESPECIALLY didn't feel right to try and tune or Melodyne the "off phrases" here and there just to make the main vocal take work. That is just wrong on all sorts of levels! I should go back and look at it now that my rig...DAW and plugs have all changed This was fun as shiz. Thanks. And running it through a console! Nothing like twisting knobs and pushing faders. I can just imagine running this through an old 2 inch tape set up. Insanely cool.